Mike Jacobs Traded for Leo Nunez

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 30, 2008 2:09 PM EDT

Now official.

On the Marlins side, well congratulations guys, you just got a nice reliever. A bit of a groundballer who gets an average amount of swinging strikes. Nunez throws hard and does not have any shining flaws. Worst case: his tRA regresses towards 4 rather than low 3's next season. Florida is savvy enough to plug someone like Jorge Cantu in at first and replace Jacobs at no cost.

Um, Kansas City, why? Mike Jacobs has an awful OBP, provides some good power, but is not good defensively. He's posted back-to-back .338 wOBAs which compares favorably to Ross Gload's .339 wOBA in 2007. Why do I get the feeling that comparison was a big reason why the Royals made this move? And where does this leave Ryan Shealy and Kila Ka'aihue?

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This trade is GREAT NEWS!!!! for Kansas City fans.

by Peter Bendix on Oct 30, 2008 2:22 PM EDT reply actions

hm.

You don’t happen to read 538.com, do you?

by sunking1056 on Oct 30, 2008 4:48 PM EDT up reply actions

meme in the making I think

by MrIncognito on Oct 31, 2008 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Leo Nunez was almost traded for Milton Bradley

Then Bradley turned out to have (yet another) pulled something-or-other and the Royals backed out. The A’s ended up getting Andrew Brown instead, who was good until he hurt his shoulder having appendicitis. Don’t ask me how that happened.

Still, the fact that the last-place Royals contemplated dealing the guy for a short term upgrade says all you need to know about their “new management”. They may be young, but being young is not a guarantee against being incompetent.

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Oct 30, 2008 3:12 PM EDT reply actions

Royals were not in last place

Know your standings!

Mike Jacobs you're 2009 AL MVP

by eboston on Oct 30, 2008 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions

They were the last-place Royals when they almost traded for Bradley.

When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips

Neglectful father of David Quinowski

by marcello on Oct 30, 2008 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions

It's your 2009 AL MVP, not you're 2009 AL MVP

:-P

The Dirty Canuck of the now.

by Blicks on Oct 30, 2008 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions

huh

neither guy is all that impressive, but if there’s anything the Royals don’t need, it’s a non-impressive first baseman. weird.

personally, I still have faith in Ryan Shealy as a guy with an average bat for a first baseman and an above-average glove.

Beyond the Boxscore // Calling BJ Upton lazy is lazy.

by Sky Kalkman on Oct 30, 2008 4:16 PM EDT reply actions

If you go to my personal sbnation page or whatever its' called when you click my name

You can see my overreactions to this horrific trade. I also have a fanshot at Royals Review. He’s almost as bad as Gload, although where’s Gload has a bad glove, it’s his worthless bat at 1B that makes him sub-replacement, Jacobs is an an Okay bat, but is so bad at first he’s sub-replacement.

I guess he might be as valuble at 1 WAR at DH in a career year…

Anyway, I probably alienated some of my friends at RR while ranting about how frustrating on how many levels this trade is, so I’ll stop now…

OMG Banny. FWIW I am only crdtng u w/3 runs allwd bc of DDJ OMFG

by Matt Klaassen on Oct 30, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions

KK and Shealy

there’s a chance either of them could have given Jacobs like production even next year and a better chance they could have done it together. head scratcher.

by Daniel Berlyn on Oct 30, 2008 5:16 PM EDT reply actions

Put my vote in the

“this doesn’t make sense for KC” box.

If you take away his silly September callup for the Mets, his career OPS+ is only around 105, and for a bad fielding first baseman that equates to minimal value. Especially odd when they have other options that cost them nothing.

by BraveBronco0121 on Oct 30, 2008 8:54 PM EDT reply actions